<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=548001" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Castlemaine</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">You've heard the song 'The wild colonial boy'<br>An oft sung ballad of decades gone by<br>His name was Jack Doolin from Castlemaine<br>Where now no trace of his existence remain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The magpie's song tell Spring not far away<br>From Castlemaine on this bright August day<br>A sunny day with scarce a puff of breeze<br>And new leaves budding on deciduous trees.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In this Town in North West Victoria made famous by a song<br>The links to the pioneering days still strong<br>And though their's is Australia's oldest history<br>No traces of Aboriginal culture here I see.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So few acres ploughed for the growing of crops and grain<br>In the countryside around old Castlemaine<br>Few acres for the harvester to reap<br>This is a cattle country with some sheep.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Famed in a song as Jack Doolin's Hometown<br>Old Castlemaine of folklore and renown<br>And strong links to it's pioneering past remain<br>In the north west country Town of Castlemaine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Duggan">Francis Duggan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=548001" data-title="Castlemaine de Francis Duggan" data-description="You've heard the song 'The wild colonial boy' An oft sung ballad of decades gone by His name was Jack Doolin from Castlemaine Where now no trace of his existence remain. The magpie's song tell Spring not far away From Castlemaine on this bright A..."></div> </div> </div>

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